Relationships Come First

Education is all about communication and relationships. If you can’t relate to people and communicate in a way that is productive, positive and professional then this is vocation is not for you. Since the start of my career in the fall of 2006, I realized that I could reach kids faster if I started connecting…

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Helping Students Set Goals

Graphics courtesy of Melonheadz [spp-tweet tweet=”You can’t get to where you are going, if you don’t know where you want to go.”] And if you don’t know where you want to go, how do you know where to start? At the ripe age of 9, my fourth grade teacher’s talent made me realize learning can…

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Communication Skills for Leaders

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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Making a Difference

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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To Fail or Not To Fail Teachers?

As you might already know, Educational Leadership is my “go-to” magazine for the latest trends in education. I have a monthly subscription and look forward to each new issue that arrives in my mailbox. One article that lit a fire in me, came from the November 2012 issue of EL “Teacher Evaluation: What’s Fair? What’s…

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My Best Principal

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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Enriching Learning

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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Teacher Evaluation

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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The Effect of Feedback

Have you heard of ASCD? [“ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.”] I receive their magazine “Educational Leadership” monthly. At the end of the magazine, there is a section called, “Tell Me About A Time…” where readers (just like us!) can write…

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